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CARGILL, INCORPORATED

3201 NEEDMORE ROAD, DAYTON, OH, 45414
Operated by Cargill Inc · 1 of 649 establishments
311221Wet Corn Milling and Starch Manufacturing
EIN 410177680

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OSHA inspections
21
over 53 years
Violations
47
$10,561 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
3 National Emphasis Program inspections · 2 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

CARGILL, INCORPORATED has accumulated 47 OSHA violations across 21 inspections over 53 years of recorded history, with $10,561 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 42 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 1 year ago.

Federal records were found in 3 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

CARGILL, INCORPORATED appears in OSHA workplace safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, and UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
21
0.4 / yr · last 53 yrs
Violations
47
0.9 / yr
Penalties
$10,561
$225 avg / violation
11% serious89% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
10 of 21
Inspection trigger · referral
3 of 21

43% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 5 inspections producing serious-or-greater violations.

Most-cited OSHA standards

Top OSHA standards cited at this employer, ranked by citation count. Standards (CFR sections) cluster citations into safety themes -- machine guarding, lockout-tagout, hazard communication, fall protection, process safety, etc. A concentration on one or two sections reveals a pattern that individual citations don’t. 20 distinct standards shown · 24 citations in this view · $10,561 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0242 B22$1,000May 1974Aug 1997
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0122$250May 1974Oct 1975
29 CFR 1910.0309 A 01101722May 1974Oct 1975
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0922May 1974Oct 1975
29 CFR 1910.0106 E06 I11$3,500Jun 2006Jun 2006
29 CFR 1910.0304 F0411$3,500Feb 1997Feb 1997
29 CFR 1910.0068 B09 I11$800Oct 1976Oct 1976
29 CFR 1910.0068 B08 I11$800Oct 1976Oct 1976
29 CFR 1910.0132 D0211$611Dec 2024Dec 2024
5A000111$100Apr 1976Apr 1976
29 CFR 1910.0305 B0211Feb 1997Feb 1997
29 CFR 1910.0023 B0111Apr 1976Apr 1976
29 CFR 1910.0309 A 04000411Apr 1976Apr 1976
29 CFR 1910.0110 D12 IV11Oct 1975Oct 1975
29 CFR 1910.0180 I05 I11Oct 1975Oct 1975
29 CFR 1910.0110 B06 VI11Oct 1975Oct 1975
29 CFR 1910.0024 B11Oct 1975Oct 1975
29 CFR 1910.0157 D03 IV11Oct 1975Oct 1975
29 CFR 1910.0180 G0111Oct 1975Oct 1975
29 CFR 1910.0145 F03 III11Oct 1975Oct 1975

Source: OSHA inspection citations (violation_detail). CFR section codes can be looked up at osha.gov/laws-regs for the formal standard text. Per-inspection detail and the specific violation descriptions are available by expanding individual inspections below.

Peer comparison

100th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3112 within OH. Peer group: 42 employers. This establishment has 47 OSHA violations; peer median is 5.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
61st
peer median: $7,000
Inspection frequency
100th
peer median: 2

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

Recordable injury rates the employer filed with OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application. DART covers cases with days away, restricted, or transferred; TRIR is the total recordable case rate.

DART rate
1.3
vs industry
+0.2
TRIR
3.5
vs industry
+1.3

Reported for 259 average annual employees at this establishment.

Source: OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported). Rates are per 100 full-time equivalent workers. Establishments below the ~10-FTE threshold are not required to report.

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
2.2
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.1
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
3.5
OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported)

BLS rates reflect industry-wide averages. Self-reported figures come from OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application; absence of self-reported data does not necessarily indicate non-compliance — many establishments fall below the ITA reporting threshold.

Inspection breakdown

Planned
3
Complaint
10
Referral
3
Follow-up
3

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

Self-reported events under 29 CFR 1904.39 (24-hour notification of hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) · Jan 2024 – Sep 2024

Reports
3
Hospitalizations
3
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports (federal OSHA only; state-plan states like California, Oregon, and Washington maintain their own programs and do not consistently report into this feed).

Severe injury reports — events

Each row is a hospitalization, amputation, or eye-loss event the employer self-reported to OSHA under 29 CFR 1904.39. Narratives are written by the reporting employer.

DateEventBody partOutcome
Sep 13, 2024Exposure to environmental heat outdoorBODY SYSTEMSHospitalized
Sep 11, 2024Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feetElbow(s)Hospitalized
Jan 20, 2024Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feetThigh(s)Hospitalized

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
1 year ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 1 year ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for CARGILL, INCORPORATED. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for CARGILL, INCORPORATED. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in OH — for Cargill Inc, not this location alone

Total cases
10
Unfair labor practice
10

National Labor Relations Board — unfair labor practice charges and union representation cases. The NLRB records cases at the company/regional level (no worksite address), so these are matched by company name and state and may span other Cargill Inc locations in the same state.

NLRB cases

National Labor Relations Board cases involving this employer. Includes unfair labor practice (ULP) filings and representation election proceedings. NLRB enforcement is process-driven; no per-case monetary penalty is assessed (remedies are case-by-case backpay orders, posting requirements, election re-runs, etc.). 10 cases · 10 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
08-CA-219766Unfair labor practiceMay 2018May 2019ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-216596Unfair labor practiceMar 2018May 2018ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-095115Unfair labor practiceDec 2012Feb 2013ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-094033Unfair labor practiceDec 2012Dec 2012ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
09-CA-088339Unfair labor practiceAug 2012Feb 2013ClosedRegion 09, Cincinnati, Ohio
08-CA-084297Unfair labor practiceJul 2012Apr 2013ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
09-CA-082319Unfair labor practiceJun 2012Feb 2013ClosedRegion 09, Cincinnati, Ohio
08-CA-073749Unfair labor practiceFeb 2012Mar 2012ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-037619Unfair labor practiceFeb 2008Feb 2008ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
09-CA-043187Unfair labor practiceOct 2006Dec 2006ClosedRegion 09, Cincinnati, Ohio

Source: NLRB case files. Rows shown are those the agency has published. Region numbers (1–31) correspond to NLRB's geographic offices.

Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical

No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file (historical data only — DOL ended OFLC publication) for CARGILL, INCORPORATED. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
3
Quarters non-compliant
11

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: Violation Identified.

EPA-registered facilities

Every EPA ECHO facility associated with this employer, sorted most-significant first. Each row links to EPA’s Detailed Facility Report for the source-of-truth record. Permits column lists active programs (Air = Clean Air Act, Water = Clean Water Act, RCRA = hazardous waste, TRI = Toxics Release Inventory reporting). 1 facility.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
CARGILL, INC
3201 NEEDMORE ROAD · DAYTON, OH, 45414
AirWaterRCRATRIViolation Identified
QNCR 11
30Sep 2024View →

Source: EPA ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online). Compliance status follows EPA’s own labels (“Sig Violation” = significant noncompliance; QNCR = quarters of noncompliance over the recent reporting window). Inactive facilities (struck through) retain historical enforcement records even after operations ceased.

Federal criminal prosecution record

Prosecutions
1
Total payments
$1.1M
Disposition
Guilty Plea
Crime type
Environmental

First case: 2002-02-19. Most recent: 2002-02-19. Source: UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry — federal pleas, DPAs, and NPAs.

Federal prosecution case file

Federal corporate prosecution records from the University of Virginia Corporate Prosecution Registry. DPA = Deferred Prosecution Agreement; NPA = Non-Prosecution Agreement; both are pre-trial settlements where the defendant accepts terms but avoids conviction. Monitor = court-appointed compliance oversight, usually 2-5 years. 1 case · 1 plea/conviction · $1,051,779 in penalties / restitution.

CaseDateDispositionCrimeJurisdictionTotal paymentMonitor
USA v. Cargill Inc.
Cargill, Inc.
Feb 2002pleaEnvironmentalMissouri - Eastern$1,051,779No

Source: University of Virginia Corporate Prosecution Registry (maintained by Prof. Brandon L. Garrett, Duke University). The registry has no state or jurisdiction-of-incorporation field on the company side, so same-name employers in different states may mis-attribute -- verify against the source case documents when precision matters.

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — CARGILL, INCORPORATED (across 8 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$414.6M
Obligated (all-time)
$2.5B
Awards (all-time)
963

Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.

Federal contract activity for the parent corporation. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2024-08-28Complaint1$611
2024-01-22Referral0$0
2014-04-08Complaint0$0
2013-10-29Planned0$0
2013-10-29Planned0$0
2011-04-08Complaint0$0
2010-04-08Referral0$0
2006-04-19Referral11$3,500
2004-11-08Unprogrammed Related0$0
1997-07-17Complaint1$1,000
1997-01-06Complaint21$3,500
1981-07-16Unprogrammed Related0$0
1977-05-25Follow-up0$0
1976-10-08Complaint22$1,600
1976-08-11Follow-up0$0
1976-04-07Follow-up31$100
1975-10-01Planned21$250
1975-01-10Complaint0$0
1974-12-26Complaint1$0
1974-04-23Complaint15$0
1972-12-12Complaint0$0

Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.

In the news

Part of a larger organization

CARGILL, INCORPORATED is one of 649 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Cargill Inc.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Cargill Inc across all 649 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on CARGILL, INCORPORATED from every major federal compliance and enforcement source plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. OSHA workplace safety inspections, WHD wage cases, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental enforcement, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa/labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov debarments, CMS nursing-home records, BLS industry safety benchmarks, OSHA ITA self-reported injury rates, SEC enforcement and financial disclosures, CPSC and NHTSA recalls.

Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup Cargill Inc, which operates 649 establishments in our dataset.

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Frequently asked

What is CARGILL, INCORPORATED's OSHA violation history?
CARGILL, INCORPORATED has 21 OSHA inspections on record with 47 violations and $10,561.1 in total penalties.
How does CARGILL, INCORPORATED's safety record compare to its industry?
CARGILL, INCORPORATED operates in the wet corn milling and starch manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.2. CARGILL, INCORPORATED's self-reported DART rate is 1.26 compared to an industry average of 1.1.